Infant&#39;s carriage



G. 0. JOHNSON.

INFANTS CARRIAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15. 1918.

Patented July 20, 1920.

Witness orrice.

GUSTAF 0. JOHNSON, OF ELKHART, INDIANA.

INFANTS CARRIAGE.

' To all whom it may concern:

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Be it known that I, GUSTAF O. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Elkhart, county of Elkhart, Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Infants Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to infants vehiclesor carriages, and more especially to a steel reinforced frame fora reed carriage for infants.

Incarriages of this class the seat side rails are carried by upright post members mounted' upon the. seat frame or some part of the main carriage'frame, the posts being usually set and glued in a shallow socket; .Th1s structure is frail and unsatisfactory, for lateral pressure causes the side rails to spread, whereby the rail posts are either loosened or broken off in their sockets.

An object of myinventionis the production of ametal reinforcing bracket member for preventing the spreading of'the seat side rails, and thereby the posts, of a carriage of the class mentioned herein, whereby breakage of the posts is also prevented or very much reduced. Another object is the production of a reinforcing device of the class described which is. provided with a hinge for the swinging. seat back. Other objects of my invention are mentioned and descrlbed herein. r

The preferred embodiment of my invention is well illustrated in the accompanying drawings inwhich Figure -l is a side elevation of a-seat' for-a baby carriage of the perambulator type to which my invention is is a rear elevation of the same seat; Fig. 3 is a'section taken on the line 38 of Fig. 2 Fig. A is a section taken on the line H of Fig. 2 Fig. 5 is a section a I ig. 6 is a section taken on the line 66 of Fig. 2 with the seat backshaft omitted; Fig. is. a bottom plan view of the seat frame corner, in

fragment, showing my invention. applied thereto; igi 8 is a top plan view of the members shown-lnF g. 7 and Flg. 9 1s a blank of my inventlon before its apphcatlon to a carriage.

Similar numerals V of reference ndlcate similar members and parts of members Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1920.

Application filed May '15, 1 18. Serial No. 234,662.

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0n the drawing, the letter A indicates a seat frame for an infants carriage which frame may comprise a bottom'portion including parallel side members 1, l and front and rear transverse members 2, 2 connecting said side members, only the rear transverse member being shown. The frame A may include also a pair of rear post members 3, B mounted upright in or upon the side members l, l at 4 adjacent the rear ends thereof. pair of side rails 5, 5 connect the upper ends of the posts 3 with the forward end of the side members 1. The numeral 6 indicates a swinging seat back carried by member A and which may be composed of a transverse shaft member 7, a pair of upright spaced posts 8, S fixed in said shaft, the up per ends of said posts being connected by a transverse member 9. The space within the seat back members may be filled with reed work.

The ends of the shaft 7 preferably project beyond the side posts 8 to serve as journal or bearing members, as hereinafter described. My invention consistsof and resides in a combination reinforcing bracket and hinge member 10, a pair of which are used and applied to certain members of the frame A and the rocking seat back 6, in the manner and for the purposes hereinafter described.

The member 10 is composed of a horizontal base portion 11, which is adapted to be fastened to the seat base, and the upright arm section 12 which is adapted to be fastened to the post 3 for reinforcement thereof. The member 10 is made of any suitable ductile metal, preferably of sheet steel, of sufficient weight to possess considerable rigidity when bent into the final form, as hereinafter described. Numerals 13, 13 indicate a plurality of top. fastener lugs, and numerals 1%, 1% indicate a plurality of bottom fastener lugs, all of said lugs being in tegral with member 11 of bracket 10 and projecting therefrom substantially at right angles. Numerals l5 and 16 indicate top and bottom lugs, respectively, formed integral with member ll adjacent the base of the arm 12, integral with portion 11 substantially at right angles thereto, of

which the lugs 18 and 20 may be somewhat shorter than lugs 17 and 19. Numeral 21. indicates a hinge lug integral with bracket member 11, extending therefrom at substantially right angles from the top edge thereof and substantially parallel with the lugs 13, being located intermediate a lug 13 and the lug 15. Hinge lug 21 may be ribbed 0r corrugated longitudinally thereof as at 22 for reinforcement thereof. Each of the fasmember 10 is operated tener lugs 13 is provided with a bur 23 formed thereon by any suitable punch or pointed tool. The lugs 14;, 14 are provided with similar burs 24, said burs being adapt: ed to be pressed into the wood ofthe seat base members for confining and securing the member 10 thereto, whereby nails, screws, or other fastener members are dispensed with.

In the application of my invention, the lugs 13, 13,14, 14, 15 and 16 are first bent over at an angle somewhat less than ninety degrees, as a preliminary formation thereof, and the hinge lug 21 on one of the members 10 is bent into its ultimate semicircular form, as indicated in Fig. 5. The second upon in the same manner except that the hinge lug 21 thereof remains unbent. Both members 10 are thereupon fastened in position at opposite sides of the frame A by pressing the lugs 13, 13, 14 and 14 against the wood members 1 and 2, or either of them, thereby forcing the lug burs 23 and 24 into the wood ofsaid members, and simultaneously pressing the lugs 15 and 16 into close contact with the upper and lower surfaces of frame member 1', whereby -a rigid fastening is effected. In this position of member 10 the arm '12 thereof li'esl parallel and continuous I with the upright post 3. The lugs 17, 18,

19 and 20 are thereupon bent around and rigidly pressed upon the exterior of the post 3. Thereupon one end of the seat back shaft 7 is inserted in the semicircular hinge lug 21, assuming that both brackets 10 have been fastened to the seat base as described, and the second hinge lug 21 is bent into semicircular formation around the opposite end of the shaft 7 and with some play to enablethe shaft end to be rotated therein. In Figs. 7 and 8 the lugs 13, 13, 14c and 14: are

shown engaging only the frame member 2, but the joint between members land 2 may In the manner described the frame posts 3, 3 are greatly reinforced by the arm 12 of V the member10, whereby spreading thereof is prevented and the possibility of. a breakage. thereof in the post socket I greatly reduced. While I show my invention applied to a seat back and seat of a perambulator type of infants vehicle, it may be and is readily applied" to the main frame and swinging seat back of a four wheeled cab, the Figs. 1 and 2 being shown to merely illustrate one application of the invention. I claim:'-

' 1. In combination with the frame and swinging seat back of a vehicle, a reinforcing member having a base portion and a post section extending angularly therefrom, said base portion being adapted to' be fastened to a transverse member of said frame, and said post section being. adapted to be fastened to an upright member connected with said'frame, and a hinge member pro- 'ecting from one portion of said reinforcing member and adapted to. serve as a bearing member for said swinging seat backI V 2. In combination with the frame and swinging seat back of a vehicle, a reinforcing member having-a base portion anda post ection extending angularly therefrom, said base portion being. adapted to be fastened to a transverse member of said frame,

and said post section being adapted to'be fastened'to an upright" member connected with said frame, "and a hinge member projecting from said base portion of the re rality oflugs adapted. to be clamped'upon an upright member connected with said frame transverse member-V 4:. In combination w1th the lframe and swinging seat back of avehicle of the class described, a sheet metal reinforcing mem- 1 her having. a base portion andla post sece tion connected therewith and extending ang a y he e om, a plurality of lugs adapted to be fastened to a transverse member of said frame, said base portion being provided also with a said base portion having bent lug adapted to serve as a hinge or upon an upright member connected with bearing member for said swinging seat said frame transverse member. back, said base portion being provided also In testimony whereof I have hereunto 10 with a pair of relatively short clamping aflixed my signature this 13th day of May,

5 lugs intermediate said hinge lug and said 1918.

post section, and said post section having a plurality of lugs'adapted to be clamped GUSTAF O. JOHNSON. 

